Caterham 7: Build + IVA + Tour in 6 months

[dabevan]

In 2021 I get 6 months paid leave and the current plan is as follows...

March 2020: Order Caterham 7

Feb 2021: Take delivery of Caterham 7

March 2021: Start 6 months leave and start build, more or less full time Mon to Fri 9-5 with weekends as contingency.

May 2021: IVA

June 2021:Repeat IVA or running in car etc

Aug 2021: Ferry to Spain, drive through Spain to Portugal, meet family (who have flown out) for family holiday before driving south coast of Spain, France, Italy, back through Switzerland etc

So, I'm posting here as I'd like to make sure I've anticipated any risks and to sanity check the plan. E. G is a build time of 2 months adequate? How long does it take to schedule an IVA? How long a road trip is sensible without bits falling off?

... I appreciate that a lot of this depends on me, but just wanted to check that I'm not being unrealistic.

Thanks

David Bevan

[dabevan]

Update...

...I've placed my order! Just in time as it happens as the Academy builds had taken most of the winter slots and I was lucky to get a Feb 2021 delivery slot, which should be time to inspect and report any shortages etc before build starts mid March!

I've now got a loooooong wait!

Cheers

Dave

[dabevan]

Yeah, I needed to time it with 6 months leave. Most of winter build slots were taken by Academy builds.